My final attempt

[Corp1]

First off, I started in mid-2000(mid 1.3's) and was a part of the newbie rush on the Main Server so I remember alot about graal.

This guest mode thing IMO is gonna drive so many trials away that would probably p2p down the road.

For the short term guest mode will be a slight success; more people will buy a p2p account. But looking at the big picture Graal is going to lose alot of players that could have paid off later if they weren't forced away after a short time.

I like to think of Graal as that small mom and pop store; a small business with a tight, knit community. Guest mode would be a big step in the other direction; it's most likely to be slightly profitable in the short run, but going the other direction and trying to compete with the bigger mmorpg's isnt the best step to take...and its apparent to me that Graal is trying to take that step.


-People who play graal need real incentives to pay.
-People need to think that there is a sale going on.
-Offer less Gold time for less money(Have a bronze and maybe even a silver package as a limited time offer.), but have that big bulk deal that looks a million times better but isnt much more... And then have your "VIP"'s.
-On those Bronze and Silver Packages maybe not offer lifetime Classic membership, only do it for Gold and VIP.

All those may be good ideas but probably not, im just trying to help out by throwing out ideas and stating my belief which is that guest mode is a bad idea.

(man its late, sorry if that was incoherent)